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Intellectual Property: Fair Use in Film

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[ Academia ] Business Law: Commercial Transactions & Licensing

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[ Academia ] as a Related Elective for those interested in Copyright & Trademarks : Commercial/licensing lawyers who focus on copyright and trademark issues should have a solid understanding of fair use laws. These laws attempt to balance interests, such as how much weight to give to important interests like the open flow of speech and ideas versus incentives to innovate and the protection of property rights created by copyrighted expression. This course focuses on fair use as it applies in the film industry.

General course
Description:

This course examines the law of fair use, in particular as it applies to film. After a survey of fair use law, it examines particular fair use in film cases. Students also participate in evaluating film projects currently in production.

Course Style: A Substantive course teaches the law, theory, and policy in a particular area of law